Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District is holding a spring fish sale through May 15. Spring is an ideal time to stock ponds because the weather and water temperatures are cooler. This reduces the handling stress on the fish, and pond owners will have a more successful stocking with less mortality.

REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced it will begin accepting entries for the 2017 “Agriculture is Cool!” Creative Expression Contest. Children enrolled in school or home schooled in Ohio during the 2016-17 academic year have until June 5 to capture their personal interpretation of why Ohio agriculture is cool for their chance to win prizes, including tickets to the Ohio State Fair.

MILLERSBURG — The public is invited to join barn enthusiasts, barn owners and maybe even a few barn “huggers” at Ohio’s only annual barn tour and conference to be held in Holmes County. Friday is an all-day bus tour, including lunch, visiting several century barns.

Students in St. Peter School’s first-grade class blow bubbles Monday afternoon on the Wyandot County Courthouse lawn in observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

CAREY — Carey Exempted Village Schools currently does not count physical education toward GPA. That may change for next year’s freshman class.

NEVADA — Councilman Greg Durham wants to find out what the village of Nevada can do about dilapidated properties. Durham said at Monday night’s council meeting, it is a sore subject but one that needs to be addressed before the issue gets worse.

An Illinois man who pleaded guilty to felony drug charges after Wyandot County authorities seized 4,000 hits of acid and $16,000 in cash during a traffic stop was sentenced to more than five years in prison Monday morning.

Did you know 85 percent of your fellow Ohioans would want their organs, eyes and tissue donated to save and heal someone in need? Yet only 59 percent of Ohioans are registered donors. Why is there such a gap? How can you help close it?

Children in the 2-years-and-younger age group search for Easter Eggs at Union School in Upper Sandusky on Saturday afternoon.

NEVADA — Authorities are searching for the driver of a white Pontiac sedan that struck a grain elevator in Nevada on Friday night and fled the scene, according to a report from the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.